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Photos: Maha Kumbh Mela in India

Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage in which Hindus gather at the Ganges and river Godavari, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have gathered to take part in the largest religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the festival, which falls every twelfth year.(AP)